watching carefully
to understand every word
labiomancy
... and occasional Tanka... and Haibun. Started after a competition on the unbound.co.uk blog (see #1 and #2). Mostly actually senryu, I think. This year attempting to publish a Haiku every day - 365 Haiku a Day. For good or for ill, I always aim to stick rigidly to a 5-7-5 structure - forgive me if I have counted the syllables wrong, often they are how I have said, or thought, them in my head rather than their official number.
scarecrows stand stoic,
still. no noisy jump scares, they
silently menace
Written for the November Tricycle Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, Scarecrow, and edited slightly for publication.
space to breathe / make notes
anopisthographical
in betweens all blank
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a book with thick leaves
anopisthographical
what's hidden by glue?
late education
they call it opsimathy
i am ready now
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older lib'ry folk
engaged in opsimathy
silent excitement